BIRCHWOOD HEALTH CARE CENTER
Outcome
BIRCHWOOD HEALTH CARE CENTER in FOREST LAKE, MN was fined $132,781 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 36 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Details
BIRCHWOOD HEALTH CARE CENTER (FOREST LAKE, MN) — $132,781 in CMS Fines
Outcome: BIRCHWOOD HEALTH CARE CENTER in FOREST LAKE, MN was fined $132,781 by CMS across 3 separate penalties following 36 deficiency citations identified during federal surveys.
Deficiency areas cited:
- Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
- Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
- Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
How Crucible Prevents This
Crucible's continuous compliance monitoring would have flagged the regulatory gaps that led to these CMS fines — through automated survey-readiness checks, real-time deficiency tracking, staff compliance dashboards, and corrective action plan enforcement — preventing the violations before the next federal survey.
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